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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The Golden Apple Foundation recently named
3 Kaitlin Colver of Waukegan High School a Golden Apple Scholar
4 of Illinois; and
 
5     WHEREAS, The Golden Apple Scholars program annually
6 identifies, recruits, and prepares 100 talented students for
7 teaching careers in high-need schools throughout Illinois; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Ms. Colver was one of five outstanding Lake County
9 high school students who were honored, along with 95 other
10 state scholars, at an April 9, 2005 reception at The Field
11 Museum in Chicago; and
 
12     WHEREAS, In exchange for financial assistance for four
13 years to attend one of 53 public and private universities
14 across the State, enrollment in summer programs that include
15 teaching internships and enhanced teacher preparation, and
16 continual mentoring by Golden Apple Award-winning teachers,
17 scholars must agree to teach for five years in an Illinois
18 school that serves low-income students or has below-par test
19 scores; therefore, be it
 
20     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
21 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
22 we support and acknowledge academic excellence and offer our
23 sincerest congratulations to Kaitlin Colver for her
24 achievement, which has brought much honor to herself, her
25 family, Waukegan High School, and Waukegan Community Unit
26 School District No. 60; and be it further
 
27     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
28 presented to Kaitlin Colver as an expression of our admiration
29 and esteem.